CHILDREN will not be fully protected from paedophiles until there is an avenue for potential offenders to seek help, a conference in Malahide heard yesterday.

Rocker Pete Townshend was today forced to pull the plug on a short story he posted on the internet featuring graphic teen sex.

JUDGES and probation officers are ill-equipped to adequately sentence or deal with adults who use the internet to prey on children for sexual pleasure, a youth worker has claimed.